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Close, but no cigar for the 2012 Lehigh Valley IronPigs. Despite their second straight winning season, and having the Pitcher of the Year in the International League, the IronPigs were eliminated over the weekend from playoff contention, then rained out on Sunday, to finish at 75-68. A year after losing in the Governor's Cup Finals, […]
I recently had an "exchange" with another baseball blogger who took some offense at my use of the term "saber-nerd." I know, it's certainly not as nice as calling them a sabermetrician, but hey, I'm not that nice. I have a love-hate relationship with sabermetrics on the whole. There are stats like OPS that have […]
The Phillies will not win a sixth consecutive NL East in 2012. That's a sure thing. The Washington Nationals are likely to finally get to call themselves champs of something. The Phillies' fate in the East has been decided for weeks. But is there hope? The Phillies are eight games out in the Wild Card […]
The veteran pitchers all took Labor Day off yesterday as the youth movement of Tyler Cloyd, Justin De Fratus, and Phillippe Aumont fought off the Reds in a 4-2 win. It was kind of nice seeing some of the hyped up pitchers getting thrown into the pool to sink or swim, especially Aumont who […]
IT'S SUNDAY! TIME FOR THE SUNDAY NEWSPAPER! COMICS! COUPONS! Umm… BRAVES TICKETS! Yes, the Atlanta Braves have gotten desperate. Unable to get people from Atlanta and surrounding areas to come to Braves games, they resorted to what any desperate merchandiser does who can't get people to buy their product over something else… COUPONS! So Chipper […]
The Phillies were looking to brush off last night's tough walk-off loss that Chipper Jones and the Braves served up. It wasn't a happy flight to Cincinnati, but that wouldn't stop the Phils from fighting this afternoon. Tyler Cloyd in his second major league start looked magnificent this afternoon. Through seven innings, he allowed just […]
After a loss last night that no one wants to remember, the Phillies will take on Cueto (17-6, 2.48 ERA) and the Reds this afternoon. On the mound for the Phils is rookie Tyler Cloyd (0-1, 4.50 ERA) who made his first appearance last Wednesday in a loss against the Mets. Cueto is leading the NL […]
The Phils were victorious yesterday in their second game of the series against the Braves, giving Lee his fourth win of the season. He pitched a beautiful seven innings in which he only allowed five hits, walking one and striking out five. After the seventh, Lee was removed following up a report of a tight […]
Darin Ruf broke Ryan Howard's Reading home run record with his 38th, he's driven in 103 runs, and he's second in the league in hitting at .319. For those of you who aren't following, he's a heartbeat from the triple crown with two games to go, if he can get past a .322 hitter. In […]
Cliff Lee won his fourth game of the season this evening against the Atlanta Braves. Lee pitched a masterful outing of seven innings, allowing just five hits, walking one, and striking out five. Lee was taken out after seven after reporting a tight hamstring. Lee later said it was not anything serious, just a cramp. […]
